Question

While lying on your side with your left side down, cross your right leg over your left so your right foot is flat on the ground in front of your left knee and lift your left leg up toward the ceiling. In regards to the left leg, what hip joint motion is occurring?

Answer 1

Abduction and flexion is the answer

Answer 2

Abduction & Flexion

Step-by-step explanation:

When we cross the left leg over the right leg, the hip joint move to one side by about 20-30 degrees and this range of motion is termed as Abduction type motion. In this motion, one leg must remain flat on the ground which is the right leg in this case. When you make an angle of more than 60 degrees left up forward with the horizontal axis then this motion termed as flexion motion of hip joint.